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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8 | Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The circle the stars make is juxtaposed to the squareness of what?
(a) The white man's cross.
(b) The white man's fields.
(c) The white man's books.
(d) The white man's houses and streets.

2. What does the introductory poem summarize?
(a) The tragedy of the demise of American Indian legends.
(b) The tragedy of the demise of the American Wild West.
(c) The demise of some, but not all, American Indian tribes.
(d) The pathos of the demise of the American Indian way.

3. What sort of lodge does George Black Bull build when snow begins to show in the mountains?
(a) Peaked like the mountain caps.
(b) In a cave behind brush and stones.
(c) A conical teepee made of animal skins.
(d) Round like the sun and path of the stars.

4. Tom Black Bull's parents teach him the methods of building lodges, preparing food for winter, and what else?
(a) Making pots from clay.
(b) Hunting buffalo.
(c) Keeping his spirit in tune with nature.
(d) Farming corn.

5. Blue Elk sees Bessie Black Bull leaving the store on her second trip and steals what from her?
(a) All but her clothing.
(b) All but the blue coat for Tom.
(c) All but a small basket.
(d) All but the red coat for Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bessie Black Bull relieved about upon her return to the mountains following her second trip to Jim Thatcher's store?

2. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?

3. How is George Black Bull killed?

4. Where do Bessie Black Bull and her son wait for two days to ensure that no one follows them en route to their rendezvous with her husband?

5. When Jim Thatcher tells Bessie Black Bull that Frank No Deer's death was self-defense, what does she do?

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